Vivek Ramaswamy claims someone offered to boost his CPAC straw poll standing for a fee

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy alledges that a political consultant tied to CPAC offered his campaign a pay to play scheme to boost his standing in the 2024 straw poll

"There’s also a funny little secret I learned," Ramaswamy told Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Monday. 

"I’m new to this as an outsider. One of the things you see as an outsider is how corrupt the system is. You know something funny about this. I’ve attended CPAC before. I didn’t know it works this way. A consultant calls my campaign shortly after I declare and says ‘hey, we can get you up to number two on there if you pay a few hundred thousand dollars. I was shocked. You know, there’s a lot of people who are making money not only off of me, but off of every presidential campaign," he claimed on Fox Business' "Varney and Co."